Summer Reads for the beach

reading time: ca. 1 min

Is there a better way to pass the time than reading when you are on the plane, on the train, in the car or simply at a nice peaceful forest lake? (Well, listening to music or drawing i suppose. But that's beside the point.) The point is: no, there isn't.

Reading is great and that's why i made this summer short list of books i love to read on a long car drive or by the pool or where-the-heck-ever. They are light-hearted, witty, quirky and overall very quick and enjoyable reads.

My favourite breezy books for summer include:

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was, Barry HughartThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas AdamsWonder, R.J. PalacioNeverwhere, Neil Gaiman

(make that: any book by Neil Gaiman. reading them in gleaming sunlight will also prevent you from the urge to hide under your blanket at night because his novels will probably cause you to have the weirdest dreams. just saying.)

What are your favourite books to read at the beach, on a picnic or on summer holidays? Summer-related or not, i'd love to know what you are reading right now or planning to read this summer!